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ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY IN CLINICAL NEUROLOGY: ITS VALUE IN ROUTINE DIAGNOSIS

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY IN CLINICAL NEUROLOGY: ITS VALUE IN ROUTINE DIAGNOSIS Abstract In 1931 Berger1 showed that impairment of cortical function resulting from high intracranial pressure in man is associated with the appearance of abnormally slow electrical potentials of about 3 a second. These potentials were recorded through the intact skull by placing electrodes on the forehead and occiput. The method he used was similar to that with which he originally demonstrated the normal 10 a second rhythm. Two years later,2 he found similar slow waves confined to the affected hemisphere in 2 cases of cerebral tumor. He was unable to obtain the abnormally slow waves when the tumor was situated midway between his electrodes, but they appeared when one of the electrodes was in proximity to it. In 1935, Kornmüller3 and Foerster and Altenburger4 showed that the slow alternating potentials do not originate in cerebral tumors themselves. It appeared, therefore, that the disturbances were arising in the References 1. Berger, H.: Ueber das Elektrenkephalogramm des Menschen , Arch. f. Psychiat. 94:16, 1931.Crossref 2. Berger, H.: Ueber das Elektrenkephalogramm des Menschen , Arch. f. Psychiat. 100:301, 1933.Crossref 3. Kornmüller, A. E.: Die bioelektrischen Erscheinungen architektonischer Felder der Grosshirnrinde , Biol. Rev. Cambridge Philos. Soc. 10:383, 1935.Crossref 4. Foerster, O., and Altenburger, H.: Elektrobiologische Vorgänge an der menschlichen Hirnrinde , Deutsche Ztschr. f. Nervenh. 135:277, 1935.Crossref 5. Dusser de Barenne, J. G., and McCulloch, W. S.: Some Effects of Laminar Coagulation upon the Local Action Potentials of the Cerebral Cortex of the Monkey , Am. J. Physiol. 114:692, 1936. 6. Bishop, G. H.: Interpretation of Cortical Potentials , in Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology , Cold Spring Harbor, L. I., New York, The Biological Laboratory, 1936, vol. 4, p. 305. 7. Walter, W. G.: The Location of Cerebral Tumours by Electro-Encephalography , Lancet 2:305, 1936.Crossref 8. Adrian, E. D., and Matthews, B. H. C.: The Berger Rhythm: Potential Changes from the Occipital Lobes of Man , Brain 57:355, 1934.Crossref 9. Adrian, E. D., and Yamagiwa, D.: The Origin of the Berger Rhythm , Brain 58:323, 1935.Crossref 10. Walter, W. G.: The Electro-Encephalogram in Cases of Cerebral Tumor , Proc. Roy. Soc. Med. 30:33, 1937. 11. Prawdicz-Neminski, W. W.: Ein Versuch der Registrierung der elektrischen Gehirnerscheinungen , Zentralbl. f. Physiol. 27:951, 1913. 12. Berger, H.: Ueber das Elektrenkephalogramm des Menschen , Arch. f. Psychiat. 87:527, 1929.Crossref 13. Tönnies, J. F.: Die unipolare Ableitung elektrischer Spannung vom menschlichen Gehirn , Naturwissenschaften 221:411, 1934.Crossref 14. Jasper, H. H., and Andrews, H. L.: Human Brain Rhythms: I. Recording Techniques and Preliminary Results , J. Gen. Psychol. 14:98, 1936.Crossref 15. Gibbs, F. A.; Davis, H., and Lennox, W. G.: The Electroencephalogram in Epilepsy and in Conditions of Impaired Consciousness , Arch. Neurol. & Psychiat. 34:1133 ( (Dec.) ) 1935. 16. Gibbs, F. A.; Lennox, W. G., and Gibbs, E. L.: The Electroencephalogram in Diagnosis and in Localization of Epileptic Seizures , Arch. Neurol. & Psychiat. 36:1225 ( (Dec.) ) 1936. 17. Golla, F.; Graham, S., and Walter, W. G.: The Electroencephalogram in Epilepsy , J. Ment. Sc. 83:137, 1937. 18. Gibbs, Davis and Lennox.15 19. Gibbs, Lennox and Gibbs.16 20. Williams, D. J., and Gibbs, F. A.: The Localization of Intracranial Lesions by Electroencephalography , New England J. Med. 218:998, 1938. 21. Tönnies, J. F.: Die Ableitung bioelektrischer Effekte vom uneröffneten Schadel: Physikalische Behandlung des Problems , J. f. Psychol. u. Neurol. 45: 154, 1933. 22. Gibbs, F. A.; Williams, D. J., and Gibbs, E. L.: Modification of the Cortical Frequency Spectrum by Changes in Blood Sugar, O2 and CO2, to be published. 23. Grass, A. M., and Gibbs, F. A.: A Fourrier Transform of the Electroencephalogram , J. Neurophysiol. 1:521, 1938. 24. Jasper, H. H., and Hawke, W. A.: Electroencephalography: IV. Localization of Seizure Waves in Epilepsy , Arch. Neurol. & Psychiat. 39:885 ( (May) ) 1938. 25. Case, T. J., and Bucy, P. C.: Localization of Cerebral Lesions by Electro-Encephalography , J. Neurophysiol. 1:245, 1938. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Neurology & Psychiatry American Medical Association

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Abstract In 1931 Berger1 showed that impairment of cortical function resulting from high intracranial pressure in man is associated with the appearance of abnormally slow electrical potentials of about 3 a second. These potentials were recorded through the intact skull by placing electrodes on the forehead and occiput. The method he used was similar to that with which he originally demonstrated the normal 10 a second rhythm. Two years later,2 he found similar slow waves confined to the affected hemisphere in 2 cases of cerebral tumor. He was unable to obtain the abnormally slow waves when the tumor was situated midway between his electrodes, but they appeared when one of the electrodes was in proximity to it. In 1935, Kornmüller3 and Foerster and Altenburger4 showed that the slow alternating potentials do not originate in cerebral tumors themselves. It appeared, therefore, that the disturbances were arising in the References 1. Berger, H.: Ueber das Elektrenkephalogramm des Menschen , Arch. f. Psychiat. 94:16, 1931.Crossref 2. Berger, H.: Ueber das Elektrenkephalogramm des Menschen , Arch. f. Psychiat. 100:301, 1933.Crossref 3. Kornmüller, A. E.: Die bioelektrischen Erscheinungen architektonischer Felder der Grosshirnrinde , Biol. Rev. Cambridge Philos. Soc. 10:383, 1935.Crossref 4. Foerster, O., and Altenburger, H.: Elektrobiologische Vorgänge an der menschlichen Hirnrinde , Deutsche Ztschr. f. Nervenh. 135:277, 1935.Crossref 5. Dusser de Barenne, J. G., and McCulloch, W. S.: Some Effects of Laminar Coagulation upon the Local Action Potentials of the Cerebral Cortex of the Monkey , Am. J. Physiol. 114:692, 1936. 6. Bishop, G. H.: Interpretation of Cortical Potentials , in Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology , Cold Spring Harbor, L. I., New York, The Biological Laboratory, 1936, vol. 4, p. 305. 7. Walter, W. G.: The Location of Cerebral Tumours by Electro-Encephalography , Lancet 2:305, 1936.Crossref 8. Adrian, E. D., and Matthews, B. H. C.: The Berger Rhythm: Potential Changes from the Occipital Lobes of Man , Brain 57:355, 1934.Crossref 9. Adrian, E. D., and Yamagiwa, D.: The Origin of the Berger Rhythm , Brain 58:323, 1935.Crossref 10. Walter, W. G.: The Electro-Encephalogram in Cases of Cerebral Tumor , Proc. Roy. Soc. Med. 30:33, 1937. 11. Prawdicz-Neminski, W. W.: Ein Versuch der Registrierung der elektrischen Gehirnerscheinungen , Zentralbl. f. Physiol. 27:951, 1913. 12. Berger, H.: Ueber das Elektrenkephalogramm des Menschen , Arch. f. Psychiat. 87:527, 1929.Crossref 13. Tönnies, J. F.: Die unipolare Ableitung elektrischer Spannung vom menschlichen Gehirn , Naturwissenschaften 221:411, 1934.Crossref 14. Jasper, H. H., and Andrews, H. L.: Human Brain Rhythms: I. Recording Techniques and Preliminary Results , J. Gen. Psychol. 14:98, 1936.Crossref 15. Gibbs, F. A.; Davis, H., and Lennox, W. G.: The Electroencephalogram in Epilepsy and in Conditions of Impaired Consciousness , Arch. Neurol. & Psychiat. 34:1133 ( (Dec.) ) 1935. 16. Gibbs, F. A.; Lennox, W. G., and Gibbs, E. L.: The Electroencephalogram in Diagnosis and in Localization of Epileptic Seizures , Arch. Neurol. & Psychiat. 36:1225 ( (Dec.) ) 1936. 17. Golla, F.; Graham, S., and Walter, W. G.: The Electroencephalogram in Epilepsy , J. Ment. Sc. 83:137, 1937. 18. Gibbs, Davis and Lennox.15 19. Gibbs, Lennox and Gibbs.16 20. Williams, D. J., and Gibbs, F. A.: The Localization of Intracranial Lesions by Electroencephalography , New England J. Med. 218:998, 1938. 21. Tönnies, J. F.: Die Ableitung bioelektrischer Effekte vom uneröffneten Schadel: Physikalische Behandlung des Problems , J. f. Psychol. u. Neurol. 45: 154, 1933. 22. Gibbs, F. A.; Williams, D. J., and Gibbs, E. L.: Modification of the Cortical Frequency Spectrum by Changes in Blood Sugar, O2 and CO2, to be published. 23. Grass, A. M., and Gibbs, F. A.: A Fourrier Transform of the Electroencephalogram , J. Neurophysiol. 1:521, 1938. 24. Jasper, H. H., and Hawke, W. A.: Electroencephalography: IV. Localization of Seizure Waves in Epilepsy , Arch. Neurol. & Psychiat. 39:885 ( (May) ) 1938. 25. Case, T. J., and Bucy, P. C.: Localization of Cerebral Lesions by Electro-Encephalography , J. Neurophysiol. 1:245, 1938.

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